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Prehabilitation Program for Patients Awaiting Elective Heart Surgery at Increased Risk of Postoperative Complications: Feasibility and Potential Clinical Outcomes

NCT07144722 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2025-08-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn if an exercise-based prehabilitation program can help people who are waiting for heart surgery and are at higher risk of complications recover better.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Can a home-based prehabilitation program prescribed by a physiotherapist be done safely and realistically before heart surgery?

Participants will:

Take part in a personalized exercise program for a 8 to 16 weeks before surgery

Do breathing muscle training at home

Meet with a physiotherapist once a week, either in person or by video call

Be assessed before and after the program

Researchers will compare the postoperative results with those of patients who received usual care only.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Prehabilitation
  • Postoperative Complications

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

What distinguishes this intervention from others is its hybrid delivery model, combining virtual more than in-person sessions to increase accessibility and adherence. Additionally, it incorporates specific inspiratory muscle training, which is often overlooked in standard prehabilitation programs, and emphasizes a personalized progression based on each participant's functional capacity and feedback. This tailored approach aims to optimize physical readiness before surgery while minimizing patient burden and travel requirements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Montreal Heart Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-15
Primary Completion
2026-04-15
Completion
2026-06-15

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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